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- The Largest Paid-Up Circulation of Any Newspaper Published in Randolph County MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS N. E. A. FEATURE SERVICE “Over 10,000 People Welcome You to Asheboro, the Center of North Carolina” OLUAIE LXI ASHEBORO.’N. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1937 NUMBER 105 ■NATIONS SIGN SUB “PIRACY” AGREEMENT Trend Changes loey Says States May Expect More Federal Control rells Governors’ Session At Atlantic City That Public Demands More. ’owers of Larger Units In crease at Expense Of Smaller, He Says. Atlantic City, Sept. 14.—UP)— lovemor Clyde R. Hoey, North Carolina, told the annual national conference of governors here to day that the “state could expect further encroachments on their |power by the federal government unless they meet the public de nand for service.” For over thirty years, he said, the trend has been towards increa sed power of larger units at the | expense of smaller ones and espec ially recently, since the public de Imands government services which 1 are purely of a local nature. oaira Ex pected as Middle Belt Auctions Begin. Raleigh, Sept. 14.—<JP)—iWth I prospects of heavy opening day sales, the 10 tobacco markets of the middle belt — the third North Carolina belt to open — will | the auction season Thursdi Markets in the belt are aiki | deen, Carthage, Durham, Fuquay Springs, Henderson, Louisburg, Me I bane, Oxford, Sapfqrd apd Warren 1 ton. last year the belt sold 94, 769,000 pounds at an average price of $23.79 a hundredweight. Reports from 13 markets on the new bright belt, which began the auction season last month, showed approximately 31,000,000 pounds to bring the season’s total to 68,171, 982. The price average tumbled a cent a pound to 21.12 cents. State Employers Required to Pay Raleigh, Sept. 14.—Employers £n North Carolina who come under lie State Unemployment Compen sation Act are required to pay the [State commission the nine-tenths 1 of one per cent on their 1936 pay rolls, even though they have paid the full one per cent exercise tax to theU. S. Collector of Internal Revenue, Chairman Charles G. Powell states. Unless the State tax was paid by last Aprill on 1936 payrolls the Collector of Internal Revenue proceeded to collect the full one per cent. However, Mr. Powell said, this payment to the Federal Government of the full one per cent does not relieve employers of payment of the nine-tenths of one per cent due the State Com mission. If the Federal act is changed or the regulation changed so nine-tenths of the one per cent paid to the Federal Government is refunded, it will go direct to the taxpayer and not to the State Com mission as its part of the collection, Mr. Powell said. THE WEATHER §1 North Carolina: Accident Victim The body of Moses Yow, victim of an automobile accident Satur day night, at the Le^el Cross roads, was taken to High ~ funeral services yesterday, body was brought to Pugh’s eral home here after the accident. 'Mq, WlCHEvOri Temperature QCTl If* I j Episcopal Church To Mark Cornerstone Of Edifice September 23 Building Will Be In Dogwood Acres Bishop of Diocese Among Clergymen to Attend Church Ceremony. Ministers Convene Public Invited; Many Clergy men to Attend “Quiet Day” Parley. Asheboro, which has been mark ed with its industrial and popu lation growth during the past sev eral years, is now to include in its expansion, a widening of religious field of endeavor with the con struction of a new church—The Church of The Good Shepherd, the first edifice of Episcopal faith in Randolph county. The cornersone of the church, to be erected in Dogwood Acres, will be laid Thursday morning, Septem ber 23, with cermonies fitting such a religious step. The definite plans for the con struction have not been fully decided upon, but the small group of men and women of that faith m this county anticipate the building will be commenced shortly after the cornerstone ceremonies. The ceremonies will be marked with ths attendance of the Right Rev. Edwin Penick, Raleigh, bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina. In addition to Bishop Penick Epis copalian ministers from virtually every parish in North Carolina will attend the ceremony. Pastors of all churches in Asheboro and-Randolph county art to be invited to the cornerstone ceremonies. The ceremony will mark the ef fort of those men and women in Asheboro who have been closely associated with the Episcopalian faith and activities of the church in this immediate vicinity for sev eral years. Without a church build ing, the group have continued to meet in Pugh's chapel, in Ashe boro, for at least twice a month and on other church days, have been closely associated with other churches in the city. The day, in addition to the cornerstone ceremonies, will bring to Asheboro a large group of Episcopalian ministers who will devote a large portion of the day to what ia known as “Quite Day.” Though the cooperation of the Presbyterian church, that edifice will be at the disposal of the visit ing clergymen for their “Quite Day”, a day devoted to meditation and plans for fall, winter and spring activities to take place in the Presbyterian church, is more or less of a ministerial nature, lay men are cordially invited to attend. The visiting clergy will have luncheon served in the church par lors at noon. This portion of the day’s program is in charge of The Good Shepherd auxiliary of which Mrs. E. O. Shaeffer is president. The cornerstone laying ceremony is the consumation of several years effort on the part of the members of the church, its congregation and members of the vestry and au xiliary. The vestry includes, E. 0. Shaef fer, senior warden; M. M. Shep herd, Central Falls, junior warden; F. 0. Yates, treasurer and Cleve land Thayer, secretary. The members of the church, the vestry and auxiliary, Sunday ex pressed their appreciation to the Rev. R. G. Shannonhouse, rector of the local parish who has traveled back and forth from Pittsboro, Sundays and on numerous othei' week-days to carry on the work of the church in this city. The Rev. Shannonhouse, they all agreed has been the leader in the church activities here and has held the con gregation together during the for mative stages of the church pro gram. All residents of Asheboro and Randolph county are invited to at tend the ceremonies at Dogwood Acres. Direction signs, indicating the location of. the drive to the church grounds, will be located along highway 90. The articles to be placed in the cornerstone will include a history of the local parish prepared by Mr. Shannonhouse, the names of the members of the parish, both those who ave been baptised in the Epis copal faith aa well as those who are communicants. Copies of a daily newspaper, carrying a story of the affair and other tokens, includ ing a hymual, a prayer book and (Pleaae turn to Page 8) *■ Likely to Head Jobless Census JHHBBk. .\ John D. Biggers of Toledo, Ohio, Republican who has served on the Business Advisory Council, has been suggested as the head of the voluntary census of the unemploy ed ordered by the last Congress. He is pictured at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., after a conference about the census with President Roosevelt. Cabinet Session Washington, Sept. 14—CP>— President Roosevelt, back in Wash ington after an 18 day vacation, called in his cabinet to survey re cent happenings in the Far East and in Europe. The meeting was set for 2 o’clock, after .a luncheon conference with Secretary Hull. City Directory Ready For Asheboro; Many Features ■1 Deep River Loop Play-off Opens Franklinville Takes First From Staley; Meet In Second Tomorrow. Franklinville, Sept. 14.—Frank linville and Staley closed the Deep River baseball league season tied for the loving cup. Staley led the league in the first half and Frank linville took top honors in the sec ond half. The teams then went into a play-off, Franklinville taking the first game Saturday by a score of 7 to 4. The second game will be played tomorrow. George E. Biggs To Attend N. C. Meet Raleigh, Sept. 14.—George Ed mond Rigge, recently appointed by President Roosevelt as a mem ber of the Social Security Board in Washington, to succeed Vincent Morgan Miles, resigned, will attend the Regional Conference, of Un employment Compensation Ad ministrators of Region IV to be held in Raleigh September 17-18, Program Chairman E. W. Price announces. Other Washington officials who will attend include G. R. Parker, regional director of the Social Sec urity Board and officials of the Bureau of Unemployment Compen sation, as follows: R. Gordon Wagenet, director; Paul E. Batzell* chief of the Davidson Grants; Miss Ruth Reticker, chairman of the committee on Benefit Payments; Miss Katherine Fenn, executive secretary of the program com mittee of the Interstate Conference; William M. Murray, chief of the Davidson of Legal Aid, and pro bably others. Others on the conference pro gram are John A Marshall, reg ional chairman, District of Col umbia; Frank P. Evans, Virginia; John §. Stump, Jr., West Virginia; S. C. and N. C. State Employment Service; M. W. Heiss, Greensboro; W. D. McCaig, Wilmington; Ralph Steel, C.P.A., Raleigh; Carl Goerg and former Governor J. C. B. Eh ringhaus, Raleigh. Winston-Salem, Sept. 14.—UP)— A 20-ycar-old girl jerked her thumb at Jameu Sermons, 30-year-old ne gro, in Superior court here yester day and said she saw him slay her married boy friend in a robbery at tack last October. Japan Strikes At Chinese Lines In Northwest Sector Report Capture of Northwest City of Kiangwan In ' Morning Drive. 400 Chinese Killed Japs Rain Bombs on Boats Of Refugees; Death Came On River. Shanghai, Sept. 14.—UP)—-The Japanese army struck forward through torrential rains today >}n a mass attack against the Chipeae second line position northwest. . of here. . Japan’s spokesmen reported the fortification at the Chinese qjVil center at Kiangwa had been occu pied and the Japanese troops had pushed deep into the delta, muddy roads were jammed Japaneso reinforcements mofC up to bolster the assault age’ the Chinese lines... . Heavy artillery and. tanks mo across country behind the acv* in# Japanese infdntry and the ded delta lands. New horrors were added to the tragic' story of undeclared war it Sha- :ghai when the Central News Agtncy reported 400 bombs rabijM on the flimsy boats in which ’the refugees were fleeing the city. Honkong, Sept. 14.—UP)—A Jap anese cruiser and two destroyers bombarded the Chinese custom sta tion at Samun, near this British Crown colony tonight after Chi nese war planes and land batteries'] had struck at the Japanese fleet in a major naval battle. The Japanese warships were ported to have been routed by : ial bombs from the Boco ported to have been routed by i The station,, howeyer, was damaged, it is the Canton. r - Includes Name of Every Resi dent; Streets and Busi ness Directory. The Asheboro city directory, publishsu by the Southern Direc tory of Asheville, N. C., has been completed and is now ready for dis tribution. Copies of the 1938-’39 directory were being distributed today to merchants and other resi dents of the city who have already subscribed. Other copies may be obtained from the publishers. The directory is exhaustive in its information. The name of every person residing in the city, the names of all streets and intersect ing streets and avenues, together with an up-to-date business direc tory are the outstanding features of the publication. In addition to this information, the directory in cludes the number of persons in each family, whether the home oc cupant is the owner or tenant of the dwelling. In addition to the alphabetical list of residents, there is an index to advertisers, as well as a general description of the city of Ashe boro, including population, the form and members of the city govern ment, detail account of the manu facting, the city’s public utilities, transportation, financial facilities, education and religion, recreation and sports, civic organizations, and general information of agriculture in Randolph county. The directory also lists the na tion’s officers, including the Presi dent, members of the cabinet, mem bers of the Supreme Court and other governmental heads. North Carolina’s officers, including mem bers of the state Supreme court and its representatives in the senate and house of representatives are also included in the book. The name of every county in the state with the population of each county, heads of Randolph coun ty’s governing body, the names of members of the Asheboro city council, associations and clubs, churches, etc., are also included in its information. There is a double listing of names cf residents, once in the al phabetical division and again as residents of various streets and avenues. The directory has listed each residence and place of busi ness under the correct number on the several streets. e The alphabetical list, in addition to carrying the name of the head of the house, gives the name of the man’s wife and the number of per sons in the family. It also give3 the occupation and place of em ployment by those employed or en gaged m business. ‘Didn’t Do It’ John Insists Unable to restrain his amuse ment, John Roosevelt, above, youngest son of the President, laughs heartily on return to New York from abroad over questions about the champagn ing of the mayor of Cannes, for which he was reported to have been responsible. “Someone doused the mayor but it wasn’t I,” he insists, although admitting he had been imbibing cham pagne. Klan Foes Make Black An Issue Resignation Sought; Walsh , Joins Copeland In Latest Attack. New York, Sept. 14.—(/Pi—A sudden attack upon Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black developed yesterday, one Democratic senator crying out “resign!” and another suggesting the justice should be driven from the bench if he held membership as was charged and denied—in the Ku Klux Klan. As the senatorial storm over for mer Senator Black grew in volume, Alfred E Smith made plans to join his critics in a political speech in New York city Wednesday night. Senator Royal S. Copeland, of New York, engaged in the fight of his life as a Tammany candidate for mayor of New York city, re opened the campaign against Black which was begun before his con firmation to the court, demanding that Black quit “at once” the bench to which he just had been elevated by President Roosevelt. In Massachusetts, Senator David I. Wal3h quickly followed suit, as serting the President “should ask for his (Black’s) resignation,” if the justice had not ended any con nection with the Klan. A third Democrat, Senator Pren tiss M. Brown, of Michigan, said he would not have voted for Black’s confirmation to the court had he believed the Alabaman was a Klansman. Fears Bigotry “I.certainly think a man who is a member of such an organization is too bigoted to serve on the bench,” said Brown. Justice Black himself was in Europe and was not reached for comment. >Jew York, Sept. 14.—(JP)—Su preme Court Justice Hugo Black maintained complete silence in London today on the allegations he is a member of the K. K. K. Imperial Wizard Evans, repeated his earlier statement that Black was not on the roll of the organi zation. . Murder Case Marion, N. C., Sept. 14.—— The case of Nan Smith, 14 year old negro, charged with ravishing a 12 year old white girl was given to the jury in McDowell Superior court at 12:18 p. m. today. Lafayette, Ala., Sept. 14.—MP1— The voice of J. Thomas Heflin— “Cotton Tom”—is booming over Alabama again asking voters to re turn him to the United States Sen ate after seven years of virtual political eclipse. Sen. Walsh Seeks Black Denial Of K.K.K. Activity Says Supreme Court Justice Owes it to “President, Sen ate and Country.” Suggests Inquiry President Could Ask For “Resignation” Senator Claims in Report. Clinton, Mass., Sept. 14.—(.'PI— Senator David Walsh, (D-Mass.) declared today that Justice Hugo Black of the United States Supreme court owed it to President Roose velt, the senate and the counry to publicly declare whether or not he is a “life member of the K. K. K. “and, to indicate in unmistakable language his repudiation of the K. K. K. and its principles.” Any action in reference to the Black appointment, Senator Walsh said, must now come from the President. The Senator suggested that the President could call an in quiry to investigate “alleged new evidence that he (Black) is a clansman “and, if it were true,” could ask for his resignation. Walsh declared it was undeniable that the President believed for one moment that Black was a member of the Klan when the appointment was made. Confederate Vet Dies At Ramseur Mike Reitzel, 93, One of Coun ty’s Few Remaining Vet erans, Buried Today. Ramseur, Sept. 13.—Mike Reit zel, 93 one of the last Confederate veterans of Randolph county, died at his home two miles east of here this morning. The death of the older soldirer, a private in company E, 140th divi sion, North Carolina volunteers, leaves only two or three members of the last-thinning ranks of de fenders of the south still living in Randolph county. Mr. Reitzel had been in declining health for more than five years and was seriously ill for the last three months. He was a native and lifelong resi dent of the county and engaged ex tensively in farming for many years. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Miss Annie York; two sons, Walter R. and Ray H. Reitzel, both of the homeplace; two brothers, John R. Reitzel, 6f Ramsevl, and W. M. Reitzel, of Greensboro, and two grandchildren. Funeral service was held Tues day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Parks Crossroads Christian church with Rev. T. E. White in charge, assisted by Rev. G. M. Talley. Burial followed in the church ceme tery. Many People Are Present at Rites Throngs of Mourners And Flowers Attest Popularity Of the Late Clyde Styres. Many people attended the funeral and burial services held last week for Clyde Stryes of Asheboro and Spencer. Mr. Styres died in a Monroe, Va. hospital after having been shot by an escaped negro convict who thought he was an of fices. Mr. Styres, who had been a railroad man since early young manhood, was most popular here 43 well as in Spencer where he and his family had moved eighteen years ago. Funeral service was held in the home amid a large display o floral offerings that attented the popu larity of the man. Rev. A. F. Ash burn of Greensboro, Rev. G. A. Stamper of Spencer were in charge of the services. They were assisted by the Rev. J. Bonkemeyer of Dyer, Tenn. a brother of the widow, who came to Spencer after the shooting occurred In addition to being a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Train men, a member of the Southern Railway Burial Association; of the Junior Order U. A. M., he was a faithful member of the Methodist Prostestant church. Surviving are Mrs. Styres, who was Miss Rosabelle Bonkemeyer of Asheboro and four children: Gor don and Ray, Helen and Fay, all of the home. Housatonic, Mass., Sept. 14.—(jT) —Ellis Parker Butler, 67, whose first book, “Pigs is Pigs”, kept the nation laughing for 31 years, died at his home here yesterday after several years of ill health. 1 Named Leader of Boys in Blue His insignia worn proudly, this 87-year-old Civil War veteran. Dr. Overton H. Mennet of Los Angeles, Calif., will lead the Grand Army of the Republic as commander for the next year. The convention that elected him also voted to join Confederate veterans in a Blue-Gray reunion at Gettysburg, Pa., next summer, provided the southerners left their Confederate war banners at home. F.D.R. May Reopen High Court Fight Constitution Day Speech Scheduled Friday; May Be Rally Taik. Washington, Sept. 14.—LV)— There are lots of things President Roosevelt could say in his speech next Friday that would make bright reading for those who are trying to peer into the immediate political future. Consider the circumstances The occasion will be the 150th anniversary of the signing of the constitution. It will be his most important ad dress since Congress adjourned. Throughout the session he battl ed the Supreme court on its meth od of interpreting the constitution and, in the end, Congress gave him an historic drubbing on his bill to increase the membership of that tribunal. Adjournment found conservative Democrats in revolt and Washing ton in a dither of speculation as to whether the administration would seek to pniush those who deserted it on the court issue. The revolt on the court bill car ried over into other issues, with the result that much of the President’s program was blocked. Big Opportunity In this situation, a speech made on Constitution day gives the Presi dent a wide-open opportunity to take a prescribed subject and, still sticking to it, speak his mind on al most any of the issues left unset tled at adjournment. He has made it clear that his fight to reorganize the Supreme court has not yet ended but he has said nothing more specific on that point. He believes the country is with him on that and other issues and, if this is true, is anxious that Congress should know it. Thus, his Constitution day speech may be the last of a series designed to rally the voters actively behind his program, and get it off to a fly ing start when Congress recon venes. That he will make more speeches before that time is regarded as a foregone conclusion. He is con cerned not only with the court issue but also with farm legislation and the wage and hour bill, which was held up in house rules committee by a combination of replblicann and southern Democrats. Liquor Advertising Raleigh, Sept. 14.—(iP)—Cutler Moore, chairman of the state liquor commission announced today that after October 1, the board would censor all liquor advertising in North Carolina publications. Berlin-Rome Fail To Attend Parley London and Paris Agree To Bear Brunt of Patrol; Ships* Now on Way. Historical Session First of Its Kind on Record; Ordered to Hunt and “Sink.” Geneva, Sept. 14.—</P)—The en voys of nine nations signed today at Nyon, a document to suppress submarine piracy in the Mediter ranean—with the great war vessels of Great Britain and France al ready steaming towards what ex perts called the greatest naval do cument of its kind ever planned. This accord was to deal solely with the question of submarine at tacks in the inland sea, attacks which the governments of Spain and Soviet Russia charged directly to Italy. Italy was not present but de nied just as flatly the accusation. The league of nations will de cide how to deal with other situa tions in the Mediterranean. Great Britain and France im mediately swung into action to concentrate a mighty fleet on the Mediterranean. The Anglo-French war vessels, the backbone of the in ternational fleet, will have 60 war ships on patrol as the 9-power ses-' sion awaited Italy’s decision on the invitation to join the arrange ments. .„ The accord including the vast plan to drive maritime marauders from the commercial sea lanes, be came effective immediately wheth er Italy accepts or not. London, Sept. 14.—UP>—Great Britain more than doubled light ing strength today to hunt dowh and sink submarine pirates in the Mediterranean. Today’s orders dis: closed she will have 90 ships in the Mediterranean in a few days, com pared with the regular patrol of 42. New Teachers At Staley Schools Classes Get Underway Thurs day; Filled To Capacity. Schools work began in earnest at the Staley school Monday, after a auspicious opening on Thursday, last week. All the grades are filled almost to capacity, and the high school enrolled more than during the entire term last year. With a number of students yet to be en rolled, the school is looking forward to a successful year. New teachers employed in the school this year are: Miss Reta Andrews for the 6th grade, and j Mrs. Louise White Andrews for the 4th grade. Smith Active Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 14. oFrmer Governor Alfred E. Smith last night urged the nomination of Senator Royal S. Copeland in the Democratic mayoralty primary Thursday because, he said, no oth1 er candidate could beat the “hip podrome artist in the city hall." He made it clear, that he was re ferring to Mayor P. H. La Guardis, candidate for the Republican nomi nation for mayor. Tax Exemptions Washington, Sept. 14.—UP)— Senator King, (D-Utah) today ex pressed the opinion congress will And it necessary to lower income tax exemptions so as to reach more taxpayers. Charlotte, Sept. 14.—(A1)—Traffic accidents in North Carolina over the week-end claimed at least five lives, a survey disclosed today. Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 14.— (.T>—Governor Lehman, New York, called upon the conference of gov ernors in session here today, io plan for a “Federal, state and lo cal revenue without delay." Grapeiand, Tex., Sept, 14.UB— The wreckage of an airplane, be lieved tr have been piloted by Fly ing Cadet Guy W. Edgerton, 24, of Kenly, N. C., was found fonc miles southwest of Grapeiand yesterday.